The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-08

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FIRST REGIMENT, D. N. @. .
The membership and officers of the First
regiment present are: T..
A of Bismarck, Is men: captain, +. J.. Cole;
first lieutenant, F. G.. Whileher: second. Thomas
2. Heron.
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ond. William p. Crenshaw.
O Of Grafton, 80 men; captain, Daniel W. Yor-
key; first lieutenant, William A. Gurin; second
r. 3 q S sss1 s;si;. p msndi e 2 Raesn rssas1'cs a. 4:
E. Of Yankton, twenty-tour men: captain.
Christian Hamiester: first lieutenant, Louis D.
shatp; second, Willis F. Burns.
Wiiitam De VOW: firss lieutenant. John F.
Brandt; second. William H. Ryan. :..
g. Of Aberdeen, twenty six men; captain.
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81; Of Jamestown, twenty-six men; captain
William H Ford; first lieutenant. Ernest J.
Eugene Huntingdon; first lieutenant. William
Root; second lieutenant, Augustus J. Wolfe.
Total, 232 men present.
SECOND REGIMENT, D. N. @. 49, - 4,
Second regiment, field and staff:
Mark W.. Sheafe. Watertown. colonel: J. M.
Adams Mitchell, lieutenant colonel: Thomas H.
Ruth, De smet, major; 2. N, Thomas, Huron.
commissary: Mayor G.. A. Pettigrew, Flandrau.
surgeon; Capt. r. f. Cushman, De smet, as
sistant surgeon; Capt. D.. '. Collins. Fargo.
chaplain.
Officers and membership OF the various COM
panies are: s.'- ~
A, of Flandrau. thirty-six men: captain. John
A. Churchill; first lieutenant. Edward s. Powers;
second. Thomas Kelly.
B. Of Sioux Falls, twenty-five mem; captain.
oioVes; Sc sec ssast sish nsss ! t.e Wood. 9anuel =:
G, Of Huron, thirty men; captain, L. w. Gro
D, Of Elk Point. twenty-four men; captain, A.
D. Keller: first lieutenant, Ferdinand Krokshi;
second, William NJ. Vinson.
E, Of De- smet, thirty men: captain, 9; 9: g:
second. Charles L. Dawley. -
+, Of Valley City, twenty-five men: captain.
John p. Black: first lieutenant. Philip Girard:
q, Of Brookings. forty men; captain, Peter g
Murphy; first lieutenant, Vine w. Norton; Sec
Of Watcrtown. thirty five men: captain, Ed
ward I. Hills: first lieutenant. B. F. Budd: Sec
ond, Harry Van Tassel. -
I Of Mitchell. thirsy-four men: captain. Harry
Hugh L. Wier. Total. 276.
Battery A Of Lisbon. forty men: captain. W.
3: Smith: first nsutena%r MT. Roswell swell Thomas;
232; Second. ZIG: Battery A. 40. making 54e
To these must be added the Valley City
First Regiment band of seventeen men, and
the Canton Second Regiment band OF nine
teen men, and then there are fully six hun-
dred attending the e~ncampment
CAMP AND IT'S FURNISHINGS.
It Ia q beautiful ground they have on the
| school section half q mile north of the North
western depot It is OF the highest ground
around here; has q tight board fence sur
| rounding it.; three electrtcs make it light az
day by night; the artesian water flows d.
rectly to the camp. Besides these advan-
tages, it being the county fair grounds, the
an~lphitheater will hold two thousand who
wish TO watch the drilling. Floral hall ia
used for the officers dining room.a and an
other hall, with some tarpaulins. gIvest room
for all the soldiers to sit ut table
to partake their meals One man has the
Job OF cooking all the meals. and his bill Of
fare includes two kinds OF cooked meats,
potatoes, tea, coffee, milk, bread, butter.
crackers, and two kinds Of pie for dinner.
A detailof each company goes to the cook
house for the ~rations, which they carry to
their own table and eat. All the tents are
large wall tents, 6x12 and ska feet Az
the enlisted men get rs cents q day
while In camp, they can afford
to Ak up their tents In luxuri-
GUS style. SoAae of them are furnished
with folding beds. upholstered chairs, ele.
CANT stands, walnut writing desks Others
have cots, straw ticks, pine floors, student
lamps, and many other ct ~ceteras. the want
Of which makes life q burden when they are
at home. The governor and all OF his staff
have tents upon the grounds, and many OF
them mess with the oficerk "A tall flagstaff
floats the brigade flag. while two others
Haunt 9old glory" for each Of thsSwo reei-
menta. The sbrave battery boys brought
an iron annon with them; but there are
three brass field pieces here to be given
them during their stay. The old iron one
makes . laundering racket at sunset and
sunrise.
IT - NO PLAY SPELL
the soldiers have come to- sExcsptiug the
3diand 4th this ID the order OF businsss 90
prescribed BY Col sheafe, the camp DOM
mander:
Rsyeilie - sunrise: $50. ron aall: ., sur-
geonss call: $40 breakfast: q. grand mountine;
7:46. morning reports. re~gtmental;A bftgAde
reports: $50 20 .. company dr1lI: 80 t011:80.
bAttslion drill: 2, dinner; Ito z. school Tor on.
DER; 2:30 70 s battalion or BRIGADE drill: g
$500 tattoo: 1o. tsps; 7:5Oto 500. band con.
There 4 good deal 81 quiet mnttssing i
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